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2024-05-06 @ 6:44 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 2:53 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT05766826
Status:
RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
2023-03-13
First Post:
2023-02-02
Brief Title:
Coupons for Safe Water Project
Sponsor:
University of Chicago
Organization:
University of Chicago
Study Overview
Official Title:
Scaling up Coupons for Safe Water Treatment in Kenya
Status:
RECRUITING
Status Verified Date:
2023-03
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
Coupons
Brief Summary:
Guaranteeing access to safe drinking water is still a challenge in rural households in developing countries and unsafe water sources are responsible for millions of deaths each year around the world Coupons for free dilute chlorine solution are a cost-effective and effective way of ameliorating child health and reducing diarrhea incidence It is still an empirical challenge however to see if the positive health effects will be maintained when the program is implemented at scale In this study investigators conduct a randomized controlled trial RCT at scale to study the impacts of a chlorine coupon program implemented at health clinics on child health including self-reported diarrhea fever and cough incidence in the previous two weeks Investigators further investigate the pathway of the impact such as self-reported and objectively measured use of chlorine and frequency of visits to health clinics
Detailed Description:
Guaranteeing access to safe drinking water is still a challenge in rural households in developing countries and unsafe water sources are responsible for millions of deaths each year around the world Coupons for free dilute chlorine solution are i a cost-effective solution to targeting water treatment for households that need it and will use it and ii an effective way of ameliorating child health and reducing diarrhea incidence It is still an empirical challenge however to see if the positive health effects will be maintained when the program is implemented at scale In this study investigators conduct a randomized controlled trial RCT at scale to study the impacts of a chlorine coupon program implemented at health clinics on child health including self-reported diarrhea fever and cough incidence in the previous two weeks Investigators further study the pathway of the impact such as self-reported and objectively measured use of chlorine and frequency of visits to health clinics Investigators monitor the programs impact at Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems HDSS sites in collaboration with the Kenya Medical Research Institute KEMRI Data collection includes child mortality as well as verbal autopsies for deceased children Data on mortality will be useful for future meta-analyses that pool data from multiple studies in order to estimate the mortality impact of free chlorine distribution schemes
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None